8 DIY projects for your home using chalkboard paint

Chalkboards aren't only for the classroom. Using chalkboard paint, the look can also be used at home in a variety of creative ways. Check out these 8 ways to use the fun style in your own home.

LiveLoveDIY blogger Virginia found an affordable and chic way to makeover her kitchen cabinets that organizing addicts will love. After priming and painting the interior of her 1970's cabinets with chalkboard paint, Virginia says she finally has a kitchen she loves.

Wit & Whistle blogger Amanda Wright’s porcelain platter shows a bit of chalkboard paint adds a punch of charm, whether you’re serving cheese or cookies. Once you’ve picked a platter, all you need is porcelain chalkboard paint, a brush and a roll of masking tape to create this visual beauty that can be customized for whatever is being served.

You've seen chalkboard-coated glasses on the shelves of your favorite home décor haunts. Perfect for parties or as hostess gifts, these fun wine glasses look great even when unadorned. Blogger Alejandra Ramos used a bottle of chalkboard spray paint to create the ones pictured here. Check out her blog, Always Order Dessert for more details on how to create your own custom glassware.

There’s something about framed chalkboard that interior decorators love, and now you can easily and affordably replicate the look for your own space.

Two coats of chalkboard paint is all it took to turn blogger Joy Kelley's sewing room door into a reusable canvas for quotes, sketches, lists and brainstorms. Check out How Joyful for more photos and instructions.

Katie, the blogger behind Sew Woodsy, took a drab dresser and chalkboard paint and transformed it into a fun piece of furniture that works in either bedrooms or craft rooms. Katie used a combo of green and black but the color options are limitless.

Nothing says summer like the rustic appeal of terracotta planters. Coated with chalkboard paint and dressed up with threads of burlap, Dee Lapin’s deceptively inexpensive pots transition the seasons and double as stylish candle holders. Check out Dee Lapin's blog, A Lapin Life, for the tutorial.

These jars will help you get more organized while adding personality to any room. Natalie, blogger of Creme de la Craft, coated her jars with white paint and used bright colors for the lids.